From New York Post · · 50s
Beth Dobbin's 22-Hour Bed Struggle
Olympic runner Beth Dobbin spends 22 hours daily in bed battling rare disease after Tokyo Games.
In brief
Olympic runner Beth Dobbin spends 22 hours daily in bed battling rare disease after Tokyo Games. Beth Dobbin, a former Olympic 200m runner, spends 22 hours a day in bed with myalgic encephalomyelitis. Originally reported by New York Post.
Beth Dobbin's Olympic past
Beth Dobbin, a 32-year-old former Olympic 200m runner for Great Britain, competed in Tokyo 2020.
22-hour bed confinement
Beth Dobbin spends 22 hours daily in bed battling myalgic encephalomyelitis, a rare fatigue-inducing illness.
Symptoms and impact
Conversations cause crashes lasting 24 hours to months; she feels her body 'shutting down' like death.
“I feel like my body is shutting down; it feels like you are a few days from death”
Disease awareness
Dobbin highlights ME's 400,000 UK and 3.3 million US cases, urging athletes to be believed over 'lazy' stereotypes.
“I’ve got a slight platform. If this happened to most people they wouldn’t be able to speak about it”
Here's the gist
Beth Dobbin, a former Olympic 200m runner, spends 22 hours a day in bed with myalgic encephalomyelitis.
